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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone involved in stop the steal or Jan 6th should lose the right to vote
They tried to subvert an election they should lose any chance to vote in another one. In addition they should be banned from public office
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Anyone involved in stop the steal or Jan 6th should lose the right to vote (Original Post)
moonshinegnomie
Jul 2022
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applegrove
(118,622 posts)1. Any election workers involved should lose their
right to work any election in any capacity. State or city level too.
Voltaire2
(13,014 posts)2. No law for that, but the insurrection clause
of the 14th amendment applies to senators, representatives, members of the military and others:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
nuxvomica
(12,422 posts)3. How is that enforced?
Can citizens bring suit to stop a candidacy?
Voltaire2
(13,014 posts)4. It's a great question.
As far as I can tell, nobody really knows, so of course any use of it will get to SCOTUS, where obviously it will not be enforced.